Horse-collar



I'. C. SCOTT. Horse Collar.

Patented )une 15, Isso.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

FLETCHER C. SCOTT, OF FINCASTLE, VIRGINIA.

HORSE-COLLAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,945, dated June 15, 1880.

Application filed May 16, 1879.

To alt whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, F. C. SCOTT, ot' Fincastle, in the county of Botetourt and State of Virginia, have invented a new and Improved Horse-Collar; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andA exact description ofthe same.

My invention is an improvement in the class of horse-collars in which the haines and collar proper are permanently attach ed to each other. I form thc collar proper of a soft stuffed inner portion and an outer leather plate, which is comparatively stift'and forms the ornamental face of the collar, and also covers and protects said inner part. The collar is divided at top and bottom, and to each of the two parts thus formed I attach an iron hame, the same heilig inserted and secured between the outer coveringplate and the inner or stuiied portion. Both the haines and the parts of the divided collar proper are connected at top and bottom by means ot' straps, so that they may be adjusted together to adapt the collar as a whole Vto necks of animals of different sizes.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front view of the collar complete, the hame or tug straps being shown extended laterally. Fig. 2 is a cross-section on line x x, Fig. 1.

A indicates the inner or soft stuffed portion of the collar proper, and H the outer or front portion thereof, which is a broad stii' leather plate having the straps I), for attachment of the tugs or traces. The iron llames B are attached to the collar proper, A, as shown-that is to say, by slitting the leather plateH transversely near top and bottom and inserting the llames through the slits so that their ends project, while the body or main portion lies beneath and is concealed by the plate H, to

which it is permanently attached by means of the screw-studs L, strap rings. The thin metal plates leather plate H.

The collar proper, A, is divided at top and bottom, and the two parts thereof are lapped and connected by buckle-straps. The hames B B are likewise connected by buckle-straps, so that both the collar proper and haines may be adjusted together to adapt the collar as a whole to the necks of larger or smaller horses.

The feature ot' permanent connection of thc hames with the soft portion of the collar and the adaptation for adjustment are very important in practical use, since the collar may be easily and quickly fitted to animals of varying sizes and the same relation of its main parts preserved.

ln the looped ends ot the hame tugs or straps D, I place a piece of rubber, E, whose elasticity partly relieves the shoulders ot' the animal on which the collar is used ot' the jars or sudden shocks incident to draft.

What I claim is- The improved collar formed of the soft inner portion, A, the leather' front or protecting plate, H, haviwr straps l), and the haines arranged beneatn he front plate, and the studs L, which secure the hames permanently to the latter, said haines and the collar proper, H A, beingconnected adjustably by straps, as shown and described, for the purpose specilied.

FLETCHER CLAIBORN SCOTT.

Witnesses:

B. M. ALLEN, T. H. ALLEN.

carrying the rein and polesaid studs also pass through C, applied to the face ofthe 

